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{{Short description|British actor (born 1946)}} {{other people}} {{Use British English|date=August 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Tim Curry | image = Tim Curry cropped (cropped).jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = Curry at the [[47th Primetime Emmy Awards|47th Emmy Awards]] in 1995 | birth_name = Timothy James Curry | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1946|04|19}} | birth_place = [[Grappenhall]], [[Cheshire]], England | alma_mater = [[University of Birmingham]] | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|singer}} | years_active = 1968βpresent }} '''Timothy James Curry''' (born 19 April 1946) is an English actor and singer. He rose to prominence as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the [[Musical film|musical]] film ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' (1975), reprising the role he had originated in the 1973 [[London]], 1974 [[Los Angeles]], and 1975 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] musical stage productions of ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]''. Curry's other stage work includes various roles in the original [[West End theatre|West End]] production of ''[[Hair (musical)|Hair]]'', [[Tristan Tzara]] in the 1975 West End and Broadway productions of ''[[Travesties]]'', [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] in the 1980 Broadway production of ''[[Amadeus (play)|Amadeus]]'', The Pirate King in the 1982 West End production of ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]'', and [[King Arthur]] in Broadway and West End productions of ''[[Spamalot]]'' from 2005 to 2007. His theatre accolades include three [[Tony Award]] nominations and two [[Laurence Olivier Award]] nominations.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.playbill.com/article/look-back-at-tim-curry-hank-azaria-sara-ramirez-and-more-in-spamalot-on-broadway | title= Look Back at Tim Curry, Hank Azaria, Sara Ramirez and More in Spamalot on Broadway|website=Playbill.com| date= 17 March 2021}}</ref> Curry received further acclaim for his film and television roles, including Rooster Hannigan in the [[Annie (1982 film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]'' (1982), Darkness in ''[[Legend (1985 film)|Legend]]'' (1985), [[List of Cluedo characters#The Butler|Wadsworth]] in ''[[Clue (film)|Clue]]'' (1985), [[It (character)|Pennywise]] in the miniseries ''[[It (miniseries)|It]]'' (1990), the Concierge in ''[[Home Alone 2: Lost in New York]]'' (1992), and [[Long John Silver]] in ''[[Muppet Treasure Island]]'' (1996). His other notable film appearances include ''[[The Shout]]'' (1978), ''[[Times Square (1980 film)|Times Square]]'' (1980), ''[[The Worst Witch (film)|The Worst Witch]]'' (1986), ''[[The Hunt for Red October (film)|The Hunt for Red October]]'' (1990), ''[[The Three Musketeers (1993 film)|The Three Musketeers]]'' (1993), ''[[Congo (film)|Congo]]'' (1995), ''[[Charlie's Angels (2000 film)|Charlie's Angels]]'' (2000), ''[[Scary Movie 2]]'' (2001), and ''[[Kinsey (film)|Kinsey]]'' (2004). Curry is also a prolific voice actor, with roles in animation including his [[Daytime Emmy Awards|Emmy Award]]-winning performance as [[Captain Hook]] on ''[[Peter Pan & the Pirates]]'' (1990β1991), Hexxus in the film ''[[FernGully: The Last Rainforest]]'' (1992), King Chicken in ''[[Duckman]]'' (1994β1997), Sir Nigel Thornberry in ''[[The Wild Thornberrys]]'' (1998β2004), and [[Palpatine|Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious]] in ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'' (2012β2014). As a singer, Curry has released three [[Rock music|rock]]-focused studio albums: [[Read My Lips (Tim Curry album)|''Read My Lips'']] (1978), [[Fearless (Tim Curry album)|''Fearless'']] (1979), and [[Simplicity (Tim Curry album)|''Simplicity'']] (1981).
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